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fizzgig Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-22-08 04:35 PM
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anyone else stopped going to a salon/barbershop/etc for hair cuts?
we've started doing our hair at home as a way to save money. i take care of my boyfriend and roommate (not hard, just put the guard on the clippers and go) and one of my friends does my hair.

it saves me about $25 a cut because i refused to go to the generic hair places after they screwed up a cut and i had to go back.

$100 or so over the course of the year isn't much, but it's more than i'd have if i still got it done at the salon.

anyone else doing this?
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redqueen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-22-08 04:36 PM
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1. I've done it before.
I usually just don't cut my hair though. That solves that. :)
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fizzgig Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-22-08 04:38 PM
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3. i did that for awhile
but i have so much hair and it gets so hot in the summer that i had to get rid of it. plus, it starts to look like crap after a bit.
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KitchenWitch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-22-08 04:38 PM
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2. I have been trimming my daughter's hair.
My husband goes to a place that gives $7 haircuts. I only get mine cut once every 3 months so I go to a place that charges $15.
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fizzgig Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-22-08 04:40 PM
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5. that's not too bad
if the guys wanted anything more complicated than just taking the clippers to their heads, i'd have to send them elsewhere.
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southpaw Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-22-08 04:39 PM
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4. I boycotted salons/barbershops/etc. about 4 years ago
Edited on Tue Jul-22-08 04:43 PM by southpaw
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fizzgig Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-22-08 04:42 PM
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7. you and my dad
i don't think he's gotten his hair cut in at least five years and probably closer to 10...he just trims the ends himself as needed
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Kutjara Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-22-08 04:41 PM
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6. Once a month...
...I break out my Panasonic head shears and give myself a 1 mm skull-scraper. It's very liberating to not have to worry about hair any more.
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fizzgig Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-22-08 04:43 PM
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8. i would love to just buzz mine off
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XemaSab Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-22-08 04:45 PM
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9. I do my own
Most places have NO CLUE what to do with curly hair, and really it looks better when I do it myself. :shrug:
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fizzgig Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-22-08 04:50 PM
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11. that's a good reason to do it
i'm glad i don't have to deal with curly hair
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Seedersandleechers Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-22-08 04:46 PM
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10. Hate to admit
but I have a standing appointment with my stylist every other Friday. Whether it's for color, cut, or trim I'm there. It's the one luxury I bestow on myself for all the hard work I do. And if I need to-well, I could do without food.
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fizzgig Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-22-08 04:51 PM
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12. there's nothing wrong with that
i would treat myself to a professional dye job two or three times a year when i could afford it.
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some guy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-22-08 04:53 PM
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13. me
about three years ago. Not for the cost, just because I wanted to grow it out. It was difficult to get through the 'looks like crap' phase, but I persevered, and now it can all go in a ponytail, and only looks like crap to people behind me. :P
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AnneD Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-22-08 04:53 PM
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14. I have done hubby for some time now....
The last cut got rave reviews and an offer for me to have more 'customers'. I also do my dog too.

I can't do my own so hubby is happy to pay for my haircut and my pedi (my only real vice). Even with that, we sill come out ahead.
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applegrove Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-22-08 04:54 PM
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15. I've cut my own hair for years. It is very curly and I can get away with it. That being
said I just went to a barbershop to get the dyed part of my hair cut off so I could start with a shorter do. Once my hair is longer again I'll start cutting it myself again.
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KamaAina Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-22-08 04:57 PM
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16. Never started
oh sure, go out of my way to some shopping cneter and pay money so I can sit there for close to an hour while some stranger wields sharp scissors inches from my head. :eyes:
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